Clarion 1948-03-18 Vol 27 No 17

I3.Y.P.U. National Committee
Formation of a national youth group for the General Conference is on the
agenda of the annual Conference meeting in June. Busy these days on campus
is a committee of students who are working on tentative organizational plans.
These students are representatives from the district Conference youth groups.
Left to right standing: Ray Larson, Vic Pearson, Bill Lindroth, Ted Hamlin,
Perry Hedberg; seated: B-Etta Mayer, John Leggett, Betty Lindberg.
4pAil 9 ict if
Student Missionary Rally Planned
Easter Concert ,A,Lo glallEO@Z
Planned By i;;;;.
Religious Council
An Easter concert to be held in Bate& Vicial Selma/ Pape4
the college chapel, Wednesday
evening, March 24 ,is being arrang-ed
by the Religious Council.
The undertaking of the concert
is based upon the interest and ap-proval
shown by the student body
towards the Easter candlelight
service given last year. Details
of this year's concert are, as yet,
not available. It is planned that
only campus talent will be used
in the concert.
The Religious Council is also
going ahead with preparations for
the spring Deeper Life Week to be
held April 26-30 with Rev. Carl
Lundquist as speaker. Lois Nord-berg
is in charge of a committee
working on the details for this
week. Programs, similar to those
given each student last year, will
be again prepared to aid in pro-viding
a more personal meaning to
each service.
Coke Machine Placed
In Men's Dormitory
Color and refreshments have
been added to the recreation room
of the men's dorm. On Monday,
March 8, a coke machine was in-stalled.
This machine was obtained
through the efforts of the dorm
council with the approval of the
policy committee. The administrat-ion
and upkeep of the machine will
be the duty of the dorm council.
with Dave Carlson in charge of
keeping the machine filled with
cokes.
The dispensing unit of the
machine will hold eighty-three
bottles for immediate use. There
is a space where seventy-two bot-tles
will be cooled before being
placed in the dispensing unit. Cases
have been placed on each floor of
the dorm to receive the empty
bottles.
Any income that may come in
from the machine will be used
for the benefit of the dorm mem-bers
in providing socials or other
items of interest.
Male Chorus Sings
at Bethlehem Chapel
In preparation for their forthcom-ing
spring tour, the Male Chorus,
again under the leadership of Nels
Stjernstrom, gave a concert in
the Bethlehem chapel on Tuesday
night, March 9.
The chorus 'sang many numbers,
and the featured soloists,- Bert
Anderson at the piano and Boo
Mantzke, vocalist, along with the
quartet from Bethel, presented a
varied and interesting program.
The trip to the East will be taken
just after Easter, and the concerts
given then will consist of the same
personnel. The tour will include
churches in Chicago and the New
England states as well as a few on
the route to the East.
A three day rally of the Student
Missionary Conference will be held
in the Trinity Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis, from April 9 through
11. All the sessions are open to
the students of the participating
schools and their friends.
Bethel is represented on the ex-ecutive
beard by Roy Nelson, pres-ident
of the Missionary Band, Gold-ie
Erickson, Maynard Johnson, and
Elving Anderson.
Also taking part in the con-ference
are nurses from Swedish,
Deaconness, Bethsaida, and Mounds
Midway Hospitals and students
from St. Olof, Augsburg, and Gus-tavus-
Adolphus Colleges, and the
St. Paul Bible Institute.
The theme for this semi-annual
rally is "Turning to God," Acts 26:
After an absence of two quarters,
Mrs. Raier, (Ma), Olson returned to
take charge of the Bethel dining
hall, March 1st. She had been
unable to fill her position because
of a leg injury early last fall,
but now she claims a full recovery
and is happy to be back in her
capacity on the campus. She has
been the manager of the dining
hall for the past eleven years, and
when asked if she enjoys being
back with her Bethel "family"
again, she replied, "Oh, yes!"
16-18. The program is as follows:
April 9-5:30 Registration
7:00 Movie on Tibet, President
Stirahm, S.P.B.I.
S : 00 "Appointed of God", Rev. P.
Kenyon.
April 10-9:30 Chapel prayer meet-ing
10:30 Business Session
11:00 "Holy Spirit in Missions",
Rev. J. Lindell
2:00 Seminar
5:30 Banquet "Opening the Eyes"
Dr. R. Reusch
8:00 "Power of Darkness", Rev.
Ernstdahle
April 11-2:30 "Kingdom of Light",
Rev. Ernstdahle
Tickets for the Saturday night
banquet are available from Roy
Nelson, Carol Bergston, and Carl
Lachler. Price is $1.00 each.
Ma was pleased with the manage-ment
of the kitchen when she re-turned
and said that is was very
easy to step. in and take over. She
was pleased also with the new ad-ditions
to the equipment this year,
the, new meat grinder, meat cutter,
and pastry oven.
Besides being a connoisseur of
the kitchen, "Ma" is welcomed back
by the Bethel "family" for her
friendly greetings and cheerful
smiles.
Freshmen Sponsor
Basket Social
Friday Evening
Girls! The way to a man's heart
is through his stomach! Here's
your chance — The All-School
Basket Social—presented by the
Freshman Class, Friday night, at
7:30 P.M. in the College gym.
Master-of-ceremonies will be Ken-ny
Carlson along with the cap-able
auctioneer, Bill G. Wright.
Other special entertainmentt will
also be on hand to add to the mer-riment
of the evening.
Girls, your job is to bring a
basket of sandwiches, cake, cook-ies,
fruit, and anything else that
will appeal to the appetites of the
young men. If you wish, several
may get together and make one big
basket.
Fellows, your part is to bid for
these baskets. Bidding will start at
50 cents. The highest bidder will
have the priviledge of eating the
contents of the basket in the com-pany
of the fair young maiden who
prepared it.
Come dressed in plaid shirts and
peans or any other "second best"
clothes, and be prepared to spend
an evening of fun in Bethel's own
"farmyard."
U. Prof. and Wife
Give Sacred Concert
On Monday, March 8, a sacred
concert was rendered by Professor
and Mrs. Roy Schuessler of the
Minnesota University music faculty
to approximately two hundred Bet-hel
students and faculty in the
college chapel. Accompanied by Dr.
Paul Oberg, Chairman of the De-partment
of Music at the Univer-sity,
they sang several classical
solos and duets.
Professor Schuessler's selections
included Handel's "Thanks Be Tu
God", "Oh Dear Little Jesus" by
B a c h, Beethoven's well-known
"Creation Hymn", and a group of
four hymns taken from Dvorak's
volume of Biblical Songs.
Mrs. Schuessler sang Shubert's
"The Almighty" and a group of
three Negro spirituals, after which
Professor Schuessler joined Mrs.
Schuessler in two duets, Handel's
"0 Lovely Peace" and "They Have
Taken Away my Lord" by Mendel-ssohn.
By special request Professor
Schuessler sang,"The Holy City"
and Mrs. Schuessler sang "The
Lord's Prayer" for the closing num-bers
of the program.
Vol. XXVII—No. 14
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. March 18, 1948
"Ma" Returns to Active Duty
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Council Actions
The Student council has been busy this last
quarter with committees and plans the result
of which we are beginning to now ,-realize.
Visual Education Program—a new idea on the
campus last year—has finally materialized into
a workable project. Weekly films, selected by
a student-faculty committee, will be a great
boon to student morale.
Students so often become thoroughly absorb-ed
in their own little cycle, of school life that
their interests and attitudes register shallow-ness
and marrowness. A weekly review of
world events will surely stimulate some think-ing
by acquainting us more keenly with ex-isting
crises.
Perhaps it was not a widely publicized fact
but arrangements were underway to have
Henry Wallace give an address on our campus
Friday, February 27, while on a three-day cam-paign
tour of Minnesota. The Council disap-proved
of this action and the matter was drop-ped.
However, they did appoint a committee to
promote student interest in current political
and economic issues through means of special
speakers.
Literary societies are primarily for next
year, the senior college. Yet, we feel that
definite organizational plans must be complet-ed
by the end of the quarter in order that
such groups may get off to a good start next
year. • These societies should provide intra-mural
competition of social, forensic, and ath-letic
caliber that is a dire need on the campus.
Senior College Hope
There was a time when Christian people
thought of Christian service only three lines....
the pastor, the missionary, or the evangelist.
With the new age of specialization, however,
this attitude has changed and conservative
Christian people are beginning to realize the
numerous avenues of Christian service and the
great possibilities of branching out into these
different fields of activity.
Among these various opportunities open to
young people today are music, radio broad-casting,
aviation, motion pictures, education
and probably others. Of course, these young
people must be trained for these activities,
and for that purpose, many schools have ac-celerated
these programs in their curriculum.
Bethel is very defficient in providing courses
in these fields, and it is hoped that next year
and in future years the School Board will see
the need for some of these, courses here.
We realize that some of these activities
would be impractical here at Bethel, but cer-tainly
an expansign of the music department
and speech department would be entirely pos-sible
and is a necessity if our young people
are to be well-trained.
t
Something new was added to campus life
the other night when dinner was served in
the light of candles with appropriate musiC.
This will be a permanent feature as long as
the students desire it with slight deviations
to make it interesting. Any suggestions you
might have will be appreciated.
The visual education program came in with
a real bang with the showing of "Operations
Crossroads" plus a feature picture on Antrac-tic
exploration. The real highlight, however,
came later; and was enjoyed by only a few.
A group of would-be-sailors plus one broken
down air force man were trying to solve
the world's atomic problem. Much hot air
escaped, and the final conclusion after a long
and serious conference was that the first liar
doesn't have a chance.
In the not too distant future the plans for
the proposed literary societies will be laid
before the student body in an open forum. The
purpose of this forum will be to acquaint the
students with the plans already made and
the proposed program. After an explanation
of the existing plan, the meeting will be open
to comments in an attempt to secure a pro-gram
that is as well-rounded and beneficial
as possible. So if you have any good ideas,
hold them for the occasion and help Bethel
establish a successful program.
Easter is just around the corner. To some
this sacred day marks the end of winter and
the beginning of spring. To others this day
furnishes a good excuse to buy a new ward-robe.
Still others feel that it is the time to
sacrifice something (for what, they really
don't know). Some feel that it is the day to
pay their annual visit to some church. How
are you going to celebrate this day?
Harold Christenson
&dolt awl Backlit
Dear Buddy,
I see by THE paper (the CLARION, of
course) that an unengaged young man has
his name on the prospect list for Hagstrom
Hall. Well, believe it or not, I've heard that
certain enterprising and optimistic fellows,
upon arriving at Bethel, place their names
on this list, in the event that they should
meet the 0. and 0. (One and only to you)
And here I was told that only women came
to Bethel to ensnare a mate!
Now that Founders' Week is over (that's
Professor Bergman's definition of exam week),
do you know how some professors grade the
finals? Well, I understand that they stand at
the top of a stairway and throw all the papers
down the stairs.. The ones that reach the
bottom step get the "A's".
I had a dream last night about the man who
writes all those nasty things about you, Buddy.
After ten years away from Bethel he was
here for "Homecoming" and was mentioning
to Dean Carlson that since he had made his
million, he was willing to do something for
his old school. "What studies did you excel
in?" asked the Dean. "Well, to tell you the
truth," confessed this—shall we say—person,
"I slept through most of my classes." "That's
fine", piped up Mr. Malmsten, who had just
appeared around the corner, "you can endow
a dormitory!" Engstrom Asylum it was known
as.
Here's an ode I would like to dedicate to
Bill Lindroth:
In grade school he was Willie,
In high school he was Will,
But when he went to Bethel
To Dad 'twas Bill , Bill, Bill.
Democratic Dilemma
In the realm of, domestic politics we are wit-nessing
today a very important crisis within
the Democratic Party. From 1932 to 1945 it
was, in reality, the smoothly functioning
"Roosevelt Party." Of that once well-oiled
machine it now sometimes looks as if there
is left only "one nut and several bolts."
The "nut," of course, is Harry Truman.
(Purely a metaphor, no aspersions.) This in-nocent
victim of the idiosyncrasies of the
American political system rides on a donkey
that moves in at least three different directions
simultaneously. The three major "bolts" are:
First, the Wallace defection; Second, the
Southern desertion; and Third, the liberal
anti-communist offshoot as crystallized in the
Americans for Democratic Action. On the basis
of this intraparty dissension it is beginning
to appear as if Mr. Truman might not even
attempt to capture the presidential nomination
in June. Maybe a somewhat graceful retire-ment
would be preferable to the uncertainties
of the campaign and subsequent reputation.
The worth of Mr. Truman and his policies is a
complex and uncertain subject, but this much
is positive—his desire for another term meets
strong opposition from many factions. The
practical politics that sent him to Washing-ton
from Kansas City in 1934 may soon return
him to the haberdashery business.
If the Democratic Party maintains its organ-ization—
which is most probable—and does not
nominate Mr. Truman—which is possible—
what other presidential possibilities are there?
Obviously the international prestige of General
Marshall could be tremendously influential in
maintaining the party. His decidely unnatural
reluctance to become a permanent historical
figure might be overcome. And then we have
the Secretary's now-famous protege, General
Eisenhower. Maybe Ike would rather be on
his old chief's side, if success were conceivably
within grasp. A third prominent possibility is
popular, progressive Associate Justice William
0. Douglas of the Supreme Court. Also ment-ioned
are Jimmy Byrnes, Secretaries Harriman,
Forrestal, Krug, and have you noticed Jim
Farley climbing back onto the band wagon?
Who can predict? These are interesting days.
—C. A. Applequist
Yes, several girls are leaving this quarter,
getting ready for Big Days in June. We will
also miss Sally Tierney—from the chow line.
She's got a new job. Pretty soon she'll be
stamping "o. k." on checks instead of on the
butter pats.
Speaking of jobs, do you know how Carl
Applequist makes his living now—besides
selling old textbooks, that is? Hush Money—
to keep things out of the Clarion.
Some of those girls on second floor who de-light
in dropping perfume on the male heads
awaiting their dates are going to sell that
• stuff at half price. It's so old it smells, but
it's worth every scent.
Bill Wright (the married one) is quite con-cerned
about a certain girl (her initials begin
with Doris "Swisher" Richert) who went out
with one fellow and came home twenty minutes
later with another. All I can say is—Lucky gal!
Someone suggested that I write a column on
etiquette. But with a 79 grade on the Social
Usage Test we took in Freshman Conference,
I don't see how I can. (I think it was among
the lowest ten, but let's keep it quiet). Some
others must have gotten low marks, too,
because they made us take the test over again.
This time I put down answers just the op-posite
of my previous ones. Here's keeping
my fingers crossed.
Bye for now,
Butch
Question: What is your opinion re-garding
Visual Education at Bethel?
Marilyn Bergum:
It's a good way to absorb know-ledge
in a short time in an interest-ing
manner.
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Allen Peterson:
I think it is fine. it will provide
opportunities for students who
have little time for outside reading
to be informed of current events
in the shortest possible time so as
not to interfere with studies.
Miss Violet Bergquist:
It's a good idea from an educat-ional
point of view in addition to
the relaxation it can offer. Students
should be informed about world
activities and this can be done by
means of news reels, etc.
Ralph Larson:
I wouldn't want the young people
in my church to know that Bethel
is making concessions to the movie
industry. I would prefer that pic-tures
be shown of work which is
being carried on by missionaries
and Christian workers (for in-stance,
The Polermo Bros. in Italy,
etc.)
George Riser:
I believe it will serve a very
worthy purpose. T h e eye- gate
method can impress a thing better
on our minds than a lecture or
discussion. I, for one, am glad that
our school is awake to the newest
methods of education. We mu
not let a narrow spirit of intoler-ance
interfere with this great idea
with all its wonderful possibilities.
Beth Babcock:
I think showing educational mov-ies
at Bethel is a progressive step
because one remembers more easily
and clearly what is seen, but we
should be very careful in the choice
of films on religious subjects.
Walter Johnson:
My first reaction was good, but
on thinking it over I realized how
easily it could lead to a newsreel
theatre and then to a regular movie
theatre.
Prof. Edwin Omark:
I think visual education has great
possibilities at Bethel. I am not
acquainted with all the aspects of
the program, but I am in favor
of what has been planned so far.
Leona Larm:
Visual education at Bethel offers
us the opportunity of seeing how
the "other half" of the world lives.
Not having had the privilege to
travel, I consider this a treat. We
shouldn't consider moving pictures
as merely the instrument of Satan
and thus say "hands off". Although
our forefathers thought musical in-struments
were satanic, our Lord
has used them to His honor and
glory.
NAMES of the ALL-STAR TEAM
for the SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
J. C. BASKETBALL LEAGUE will
appear in THE CLARION NEXT
WEEK.
Last week the Sophmores proved
their superiority on the basketball
court by defeating the Freshmen
51 to 46 in the FROSHMORE game.
Cheered on by a small but en-thusiastic
crowd the two teams
battled furiously for the game de-spite
the generous amount of
"corn" introduced for the custo-mers'
benefit.
The Sophmore team, looking
much like the late edition of the
varsity, was sparked by Peterson
and Sandberg with 15 and 14 points
respectively. Ed Eklof was the big
gun for the "Freshies" and the
high scorer of the evening with 18
points on eight buckets and two
free tosses.
Atmosphere was lent to the gathe
by the "Freshie" band, consisting
of a bass drum and a lot of assort-ed
noises, and the appearance of
the Sophs in newly-tailored "Union-suits."
Bethel Squaws
Win Again 21-12
Tuesday night, March 9, the
Bethel Squaws defeated a much
smaller Neighborhood House team
with the final score 21-13. The
Squaws height gave them the ad-vantage
so that they held a ten
point lead throughout most of the
game.
Zella Mae McFarlin was the high
scorer for the Squaws with seven
points, and Gaston was high scorer
for the Neighborhood House with
twelve points.
Sports Sketch
Doris Richert is our sports per-sonality
for this week. She is a
freshman in the seminary this year
after having completed two years
in the college. In the future Doris
plans to enter some sort of full-time
Christian service. Doris' home
town now is Ortonville, Minnesota,
though she attended high school
in Whitetail, Montana.
Before coming to Bethel, Doris
had no experience playing basket-ball.
Her height and ability, how-ever,
have made her the captain
and outstanding forward and all-around
player on the Girls' team.
She has consistently been the high
scorer and one of tilt mail; y eas-ons
for the girls' record of three
wins.
Watch for Doris in the future
when the Squaws are p 1 a yin g.
She'll most likely be the one who
makes the most points.
Won .Lost
#6 Unknowns 5 0
#8 Undertakers 4 1
#3 Whiz-Kids 3 2
#2 Cold-shots 3 2
#4 Grubbers 2 3
#5 Angels 2 3
#7 Goldbricks 1 4
#1 Rebels 0 5
The fourth and fifth games of Oat
second round in the Intra-mural
League were played on March 8th
and 9th. The unbeatable Unknowns
made it four straight wins in this
round by trouncing the Angels 25-
to 24. Bob Hails led the victors
with 12 points. In the second game
Bud Eklof led the Whiz-Kids with
14 points as they topped the Grub-bers
27-23. In the third game the
Coldshots eked out a 25-24 win
over the Rebels in a close encoun-ter.
The last game of the day
provided the surprise upset with
the Goldbricks rising up from their
cellar depths to win vr the pre-viously
unbeaten Undertakers 34-
21.
In the fifth set of games the
Whiz-Kids and Rebels played a
fast and furious game with Howie
Peterson and Ev Johnson taking
scoring honors. Peterson, of the
Rebels poured in 18 points to out-point
Ev Johnson, who had 17
points, but the Whiz-Kids came
out the winner 32-30. In the second
their winning form in routing the
Angels 40 to 19, and thus retained
their hold on second place. In the
third game Nels Nelson and Bob
Sandin led the Unknowns to their
12th victory of the year as they
defeated the Goldbricks 37-23. Sam-my
Nelson scored 12 points for the
losers. The last game of the day
was won by the Coldshots from
the Grubbers on a forfeit.
T. C. Church League
Announces Standings
Final Standings
Won .Lost
Central 6 1
Bethany 5 2
Bethel 5 2
Bethlehem 4 2
Payne Avenue 3 4
Bethlehem Chapel 2 3
Elim 1 5
Minnehaha 0 7
The Twin City Baptist Church
League came to a close recently
with the Central Baptist of St.
Paul taking top honors with six
wins and one loss. The Bethany
Baptist of St. Paul and the Bethel
and Bethlehem Baptist Churches of
Minneapolis also won play-off
berths for the championship.
In the first round play-off Bethle-hem
defeated Bethany and Bethel
turned back Central. The champ-ionship
results were not available
for this issue, but the title will
be won this year by a Minneapolis
team.
Waldorf Becomes
11th Conf. Victim
The Bethel Indians closed a suc-cessful
basketball season on Fri-day
night, March 5th, by trounc-ing
Waldorf Junior College, 73 to
50. This was the Indians' 11th con-ference
victory in 15 games played,
and it assured them of a second
place berth if not a share in the
conference title.
It was Bethel all the way with
Greenman scoring 17 points, Sand-berg
15 points, and Porcella and
Eklof, 10 points each. Coach Ed-wards
shifted Kenny Greenman to
center position in the starting line-up,
and Kenny came through with
10 points before moved back to
guard.
Halvorsen, Waldorf's scoring ace
was really tied up throughout the
game as evidenced by his total of
five points in comparison with the
27 points he scored against Con-cordia
the following night. Bethel
led at the half 33 to 24.
"B" SQUAD WINS 52-49
The preliminary game was an-other
high-scoring affair with the
"B" team edging out the South
Town Crusaders 52 to 49.
BOX SCORE
BETHEL FG FT PF TP
Peterson f 3 2 1 8
Johnson f 0 0 3 0
Sandberg f 5 5 1 15
Nelson f 3 1 3 7
Porcella c 3 4 1 10
Eklof c 4 2 1 10
Greenman g 7 3 2 17
Rentz g 1 1 2 3
Dischinger g 0 0 1 0
Lindstrom g 1 0 0 2
Bergeson g 0 1 2 1
Totals 27 19 17 73
WALDORF FG FT PF TP
Halverson f 2 1 0 5
Florence f 1 1 2 3
Jensen, R. f 2 3 1 7
Graham f 3 0 4 6
Leonardi c 0 4 4 4
Trustem c 1 0 0 2
Narveson g 2 1 5 5
Gulbrandsen g 2 0 0 4
Jensen g 4 0 3 8
Helgeson g 2 0 3 4
Huso g 1 0 2 2
Totals 20 10 24 50
"B" Game
BETHEL "B" FG FT PF TP
Waage f 1 1 2 3
Peterson f 1 0 0 2
Johnson, R., f 9 1 2 19
Johnson, B., c 3 5 5 11
Olsen g 2 3 4 7
Dickenson g 1 1 3 3
Skoog g 1 1 1 3
Sims g 2 0 1 4
— — — —
Totals 20 12 18 52
SOUTH TOWN
CRUSADERS FG FT PF TP
Christenson f 4 5 3 13
Johnson f 1 0 5 2
Shaff c 8 4 4 20
Schaults g 6 0 4 20
Hansen g 0 2 3 2
Englund g 0 0 1 0
Dobbler g 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 11 20 49
Ping Pong Tourney
To Start March 22nd
The entry dates for Bethel's An-nual
Ping, Pong Tournament have
been announced as March 15-21.
The tournament play begins on
March 23rd, and it will include
men's singles and doubles, women's
singles and doubles, and mixed
doubles. Original pairings, semi-finals,
and finals will be posted
on the College and Seminary bul-letin
boards. The entry fee of 25c
is payable to either Bob Daley or
Louis Schultz.
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Diamond Rings
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St. Paul — Minnesota
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If this article sounds a little
extra green this week it's because
of St. Patricks day. Just co-operat-ing.
Green also represents Fresh-men,
which reminds me that the
Sophs won the Freshmore game.
Yipi! Guess the Freshmen thought
they had caught the Sophs un-awares,
but the Sophs came
through to win regardless of their
attire. It was a wild and woolly
game.
Chapel Quotes: Dr. Pearson was
telling us his interesting life story,
which included a little conversation
he had with his wife. He had been
apologizing for being so poor when
his wife enlightened him with these
words. "We're not poor, it's just
that we don't have much money."
We students feel much richer now.
Newsbits: Congratulations to
Chris and Evie on the candlelight
meal arrangement we had last
Wednesday evening. You have my
vote for a continuation of some
more on-the-ball affairs like that.
Mention should be made of the
new striking feature, 'Butch and
Buddy'. The Clarion is growing. It
certainly is a priviledge to read
the lively articles written by our
own 'Crazy Hazey' and 'Ex-Davey
Harps'.
Wanted: A good rowboat with
oars that would be able to make
the trip from the boys dorm to the
college to the seminary to the
girls dorm and back to the boys
dorm during the spring thaw.
Just happened to be in the lounge
of the girls dorm one evening when
two girls came out to meet a couple
of fellows. They almost fell over
when they saw the fellows in their
new look. Overalls.
Did you know we have royallty at
school since Bob Bronko is the
`Prince of Wales'.
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—Where Students and Faculty
Meet Around the Coffee Cup
Morning, afternoon and evening
Otters Featured
At Convocation
The fifth convocation of the
year was held in the College
Chapel on Tuesday night. Emil E.
Liers, who has made many pets out
of otters, presented a motion pic-ture
about his hobby. The film
was entitled: "My Pals and Play-mates."
The program was one of
the series of similar sent over by
the Department of Concerts and
Lectures of the University of Minn-esota.
Miss'y Meet Sponsored
By Married Couples
At the Missionary Band meeting
of March 12, Vernon Anderson led
the married couples of Bethel in
reiterating again for students and
faculty alike the claim missions
have on the lives of Christians.
Music played its important part
in presenting the challenge in the
form of a ladies trio and duet, a
male quartette and solo, and an
instrumental trio.
Testimonies were given by Zack
Kleinsasser and Art Westerhoff.
Coach Paul Edwards, using John
4:24-32 as his text, emphasized the
"Urgency of Christian Missions."
BWA Thursday Night
The regular monthy meeting of
the B.W.A. is being held on Thurs-day
night at eight o'clock. The
program is in charge of the faculty
wives. Approaching spring and St.
Patrick's day provide the theme for
the gathering. Refreshments are to
be served afterwards.
SEE Bud Weber
For Dependable Quality
Dry Cleaning Service
Hamline Cleaners
724 N. Snelling Ave.
Dry Goods
E. L. Brink Variety
1532 W. Larpenteur Ave.
Mi. 7849 St. Paul 8, Minn.
Commers' Fashion
Center
Ladies and Childrens Ready
to Wear
Open until 9 Mon. and Thurs.
Snelling and Larpenteur
GI Pay Takes
Jump April 1st
Subsistence allowance increases
for veterans enrolled in full-time
courses in schools, colleges, and
universities in the Minnesota reg-ion
will be included in subsistence
checks to be mailed the early part
of May, Harry R. Pool, Regional
Manager of the Veterans Adminis-tration
at Minneapolis announced
last Wednesday.
He explained that although the
new law provides increases effec-tive
April 1st, checks are not due
until after the veteran has been
in school a month.
Increases from $65 to $75 for vet-erans
with no dependents, from $90
to $105 for veterans with one dep-endent,
and from $90 to $120 for
veterans with two or more depen-dents,
will apply only to full-time
school, college, or university stud-ents,
and not to part-time students,
nor on-the-job or on-the-farm train-ees.
VA will automatically increase
subsistence payments to single vet-erans
without dependents in full-time
training from $65 to $75.
Those veterans who are now on re-cord
at VA with one dependent and
who have been receiving $90 subsis-tence
will receive an automatic in-crease
to $105. No application is
required.
Full-time veteran students entitl-ed
to the new $120 rate for more
than one dependent will be requir-ed
to submit additional dependency
evidence before the higher pay-ments
can be made. If the proof of
dependency evidence is furnished
VA prior to July 1, 1948, the $120
rate for more than one dependent
Will be made retroactive to the
effective April 1st date.
"Timely" Advice Given
Seminarians 1st Day
Pointed advice on the good use
of time was passed on by Dean K.
J. Karlson to Seminary students
as they assembled in chapel last
week to begin a new term.
"I myself like to be social," he
told them, "but I notice that some of
you are peculiarly equipped in that
direction."
Warning that the call of the wild
would come .within a few weeks
and Como Park would beooLue pop
ular, the Dean advised against
postponing any thing that could be
done today. Serious thought should
be given to the best use of time.
War II Medical Records
Provide Research Data
Medical records of more than
100,000 ill and disabled World War
II veterans will be used to aid re-searchers
in their efforts to dis-cover
the causes and cures of little
know diseases and unusual injur-ies,
Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, chief
medical director of Veterans Ad-.
ministration said recently.
Object of the program is to
analyze the medical records of such
veterans, and through study of the
history of their ailments and of the
medical treatment given, thus at-tempt
to arrive at sound medical
conclusions and recommendations
for the care of others who might
incur these same disabilities.
The research extends beyond the
time veterans are in the hospitals
to determine cause of relapses and
other after-effects suffered in many
cases after medical treatment has
been given.
VA, individually, or in collaborat-ion
with the Research Council and
the Departments of the Arm y,
Navy, and Air Force, will deter-mine
the specific studies to be con-ducted.
Contents of all medical records
used will be carefully guarded. Be-fore
being designated to participate
in these clinical studies, physicians
and other VA employees will be
required to sign statements pledg-ing
they will safeguard the confi-dential
contents of the records re-viewed.
While advantages accruing to
science and practice will be shared
by the medical profession as a
whole, VA will be the primary be-neficiary
of the program.
VA has 35 general research lab-oratories
in operation in hospitals,
affiliated with Class "A" medica
schools. It is hoped ultimately to
have such laboratories in all 54 VA
hospitals which operate in con-junction
with medical schools and
in some of the other non-affiliated
VA hospitals.
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I3.Y.P.U. National Committee
Formation of a national youth group for the General Conference is on the
agenda of the annual Conference meeting in June. Busy these days on campus
is a committee of students who are working on tentative organizational plans.
These students are representatives from the district Conference youth groups.
Left to right standing: Ray Larson, Vic Pearson, Bill Lindroth, Ted Hamlin,
Perry Hedberg; seated: B-Etta Mayer, John Leggett, Betty Lindberg.
4pAil 9 ict if
Student Missionary Rally Planned
Easter Concert ,A,Lo glallEO@Z
Planned By i;;;;.
Religious Council
An Easter concert to be held in Bate& Vicial Selma/ Pape4
the college chapel, Wednesday
evening, March 24 ,is being arrang-ed
by the Religious Council.
The undertaking of the concert
is based upon the interest and ap-proval
shown by the student body
towards the Easter candlelight
service given last year. Details
of this year's concert are, as yet,
not available. It is planned that
only campus talent will be used
in the concert.
The Religious Council is also
going ahead with preparations for
the spring Deeper Life Week to be
held April 26-30 with Rev. Carl
Lundquist as speaker. Lois Nord-berg
is in charge of a committee
working on the details for this
week. Programs, similar to those
given each student last year, will
be again prepared to aid in pro-viding
a more personal meaning to
each service.
Coke Machine Placed
In Men's Dormitory
Color and refreshments have
been added to the recreation room
of the men's dorm. On Monday,
March 8, a coke machine was in-stalled.
This machine was obtained
through the efforts of the dorm
council with the approval of the
policy committee. The administrat-ion
and upkeep of the machine will
be the duty of the dorm council.
with Dave Carlson in charge of
keeping the machine filled with
cokes.
The dispensing unit of the
machine will hold eighty-three
bottles for immediate use. There
is a space where seventy-two bot-tles
will be cooled before being
placed in the dispensing unit. Cases
have been placed on each floor of
the dorm to receive the empty
bottles.
Any income that may come in
from the machine will be used
for the benefit of the dorm mem-bers
in providing socials or other
items of interest.
Male Chorus Sings
at Bethlehem Chapel
In preparation for their forthcom-ing
spring tour, the Male Chorus,
again under the leadership of Nels
Stjernstrom, gave a concert in
the Bethlehem chapel on Tuesday
night, March 9.
The chorus 'sang many numbers,
and the featured soloists,- Bert
Anderson at the piano and Boo
Mantzke, vocalist, along with the
quartet from Bethel, presented a
varied and interesting program.
The trip to the East will be taken
just after Easter, and the concerts
given then will consist of the same
personnel. The tour will include
churches in Chicago and the New
England states as well as a few on
the route to the East.
A three day rally of the Student
Missionary Conference will be held
in the Trinity Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis, from April 9 through
11. All the sessions are open to
the students of the participating
schools and their friends.
Bethel is represented on the ex-ecutive
beard by Roy Nelson, pres-ident
of the Missionary Band, Gold-ie
Erickson, Maynard Johnson, and
Elving Anderson.
Also taking part in the con-ference
are nurses from Swedish,
Deaconness, Bethsaida, and Mounds
Midway Hospitals and students
from St. Olof, Augsburg, and Gus-tavus-
Adolphus Colleges, and the
St. Paul Bible Institute.
The theme for this semi-annual
rally is "Turning to God," Acts 26:
After an absence of two quarters,
Mrs. Raier, (Ma), Olson returned to
take charge of the Bethel dining
hall, March 1st. She had been
unable to fill her position because
of a leg injury early last fall,
but now she claims a full recovery
and is happy to be back in her
capacity on the campus. She has
been the manager of the dining
hall for the past eleven years, and
when asked if she enjoys being
back with her Bethel "family"
again, she replied, "Oh, yes!"
16-18. The program is as follows:
April 9-5:30 Registration
7:00 Movie on Tibet, President
Stirahm, S.P.B.I.
S : 00 "Appointed of God", Rev. P.
Kenyon.
April 10-9:30 Chapel prayer meet-ing
10:30 Business Session
11:00 "Holy Spirit in Missions",
Rev. J. Lindell
2:00 Seminar
5:30 Banquet "Opening the Eyes"
Dr. R. Reusch
8:00 "Power of Darkness", Rev.
Ernstdahle
April 11-2:30 "Kingdom of Light",
Rev. Ernstdahle
Tickets for the Saturday night
banquet are available from Roy
Nelson, Carol Bergston, and Carl
Lachler. Price is $1.00 each.
Ma was pleased with the manage-ment
of the kitchen when she re-turned
and said that is was very
easy to step. in and take over. She
was pleased also with the new ad-ditions
to the equipment this year,
the, new meat grinder, meat cutter,
and pastry oven.
Besides being a connoisseur of
the kitchen, "Ma" is welcomed back
by the Bethel "family" for her
friendly greetings and cheerful
smiles.
Freshmen Sponsor
Basket Social
Friday Evening
Girls! The way to a man's heart
is through his stomach! Here's
your chance — The All-School
Basket Social—presented by the
Freshman Class, Friday night, at
7:30 P.M. in the College gym.
Master-of-ceremonies will be Ken-ny
Carlson along with the cap-able
auctioneer, Bill G. Wright.
Other special entertainmentt will
also be on hand to add to the mer-riment
of the evening.
Girls, your job is to bring a
basket of sandwiches, cake, cook-ies,
fruit, and anything else that
will appeal to the appetites of the
young men. If you wish, several
may get together and make one big
basket.
Fellows, your part is to bid for
these baskets. Bidding will start at
50 cents. The highest bidder will
have the priviledge of eating the
contents of the basket in the com-pany
of the fair young maiden who
prepared it.
Come dressed in plaid shirts and
peans or any other "second best"
clothes, and be prepared to spend
an evening of fun in Bethel's own
"farmyard."
U. Prof. and Wife
Give Sacred Concert
On Monday, March 8, a sacred
concert was rendered by Professor
and Mrs. Roy Schuessler of the
Minnesota University music faculty
to approximately two hundred Bet-hel
students and faculty in the
college chapel. Accompanied by Dr.
Paul Oberg, Chairman of the De-partment
of Music at the Univer-sity,
they sang several classical
solos and duets.
Professor Schuessler's selections
included Handel's "Thanks Be Tu
God", "Oh Dear Little Jesus" by
B a c h, Beethoven's well-known
"Creation Hymn", and a group of
four hymns taken from Dvorak's
volume of Biblical Songs.
Mrs. Schuessler sang Shubert's
"The Almighty" and a group of
three Negro spirituals, after which
Professor Schuessler joined Mrs.
Schuessler in two duets, Handel's
"0 Lovely Peace" and "They Have
Taken Away my Lord" by Mendel-ssohn.
By special request Professor
Schuessler sang,"The Holy City"
and Mrs. Schuessler sang "The
Lord's Prayer" for the closing num-bers
of the program.
Vol. XXVII—No. 14
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. March 18, 1948
"Ma" Returns to Active Duty
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Managing Editor Rudolph Forsman
Feature Editor David Carlson
Sports Editor David Osterberg
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Business Manager Robert Hamlett
Circulation Manager Margaret Helgren
Reporters: R. Anderson, E. Avey, Adelle Bavin,
C. Fernlund, V. Hanson, L. Leaf, J. Leggett, W.
Lindroth, A. Olsson, P. Pope, M. Regier, J. Sone-son.
Feature Writers: C, Appelquist, H. Bondeson, A.
Carlson, H. Christenson, S. Delin, M. Engstrom,
B. Madsen, Z. McFarlin, D. Olson.
Typists: Jeanne Swanson, Chief; E. Carlson, M.
Carlson, C. Hedberg, A. Johnson, M. Keller, E.
Schultz, Muriel Thompson
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Subscription price $1.60 per year
Council Actions
The Student council has been busy this last
quarter with committees and plans the result
of which we are beginning to now ,-realize.
Visual Education Program—a new idea on the
campus last year—has finally materialized into
a workable project. Weekly films, selected by
a student-faculty committee, will be a great
boon to student morale.
Students so often become thoroughly absorb-ed
in their own little cycle, of school life that
their interests and attitudes register shallow-ness
and marrowness. A weekly review of
world events will surely stimulate some think-ing
by acquainting us more keenly with ex-isting
crises.
Perhaps it was not a widely publicized fact
but arrangements were underway to have
Henry Wallace give an address on our campus
Friday, February 27, while on a three-day cam-paign
tour of Minnesota. The Council disap-proved
of this action and the matter was drop-ped.
However, they did appoint a committee to
promote student interest in current political
and economic issues through means of special
speakers.
Literary societies are primarily for next
year, the senior college. Yet, we feel that
definite organizational plans must be complet-ed
by the end of the quarter in order that
such groups may get off to a good start next
year. • These societies should provide intra-mural
competition of social, forensic, and ath-letic
caliber that is a dire need on the campus.
Senior College Hope
There was a time when Christian people
thought of Christian service only three lines....
the pastor, the missionary, or the evangelist.
With the new age of specialization, however,
this attitude has changed and conservative
Christian people are beginning to realize the
numerous avenues of Christian service and the
great possibilities of branching out into these
different fields of activity.
Among these various opportunities open to
young people today are music, radio broad-casting,
aviation, motion pictures, education
and probably others. Of course, these young
people must be trained for these activities,
and for that purpose, many schools have ac-celerated
these programs in their curriculum.
Bethel is very defficient in providing courses
in these fields, and it is hoped that next year
and in future years the School Board will see
the need for some of these, courses here.
We realize that some of these activities
would be impractical here at Bethel, but cer-tainly
an expansign of the music department
and speech department would be entirely pos-sible
and is a necessity if our young people
are to be well-trained.
t
Something new was added to campus life
the other night when dinner was served in
the light of candles with appropriate musiC.
This will be a permanent feature as long as
the students desire it with slight deviations
to make it interesting. Any suggestions you
might have will be appreciated.
The visual education program came in with
a real bang with the showing of "Operations
Crossroads" plus a feature picture on Antrac-tic
exploration. The real highlight, however,
came later; and was enjoyed by only a few.
A group of would-be-sailors plus one broken
down air force man were trying to solve
the world's atomic problem. Much hot air
escaped, and the final conclusion after a long
and serious conference was that the first liar
doesn't have a chance.
In the not too distant future the plans for
the proposed literary societies will be laid
before the student body in an open forum. The
purpose of this forum will be to acquaint the
students with the plans already made and
the proposed program. After an explanation
of the existing plan, the meeting will be open
to comments in an attempt to secure a pro-gram
that is as well-rounded and beneficial
as possible. So if you have any good ideas,
hold them for the occasion and help Bethel
establish a successful program.
Easter is just around the corner. To some
this sacred day marks the end of winter and
the beginning of spring. To others this day
furnishes a good excuse to buy a new ward-robe.
Still others feel that it is the time to
sacrifice something (for what, they really
don't know). Some feel that it is the day to
pay their annual visit to some church. How
are you going to celebrate this day?
Harold Christenson
&dolt awl Backlit
Dear Buddy,
I see by THE paper (the CLARION, of
course) that an unengaged young man has
his name on the prospect list for Hagstrom
Hall. Well, believe it or not, I've heard that
certain enterprising and optimistic fellows,
upon arriving at Bethel, place their names
on this list, in the event that they should
meet the 0. and 0. (One and only to you)
And here I was told that only women came
to Bethel to ensnare a mate!
Now that Founders' Week is over (that's
Professor Bergman's definition of exam week),
do you know how some professors grade the
finals? Well, I understand that they stand at
the top of a stairway and throw all the papers
down the stairs.. The ones that reach the
bottom step get the "A's".
I had a dream last night about the man who
writes all those nasty things about you, Buddy.
After ten years away from Bethel he was
here for "Homecoming" and was mentioning
to Dean Carlson that since he had made his
million, he was willing to do something for
his old school. "What studies did you excel
in?" asked the Dean. "Well, to tell you the
truth," confessed this—shall we say—person,
"I slept through most of my classes." "That's
fine", piped up Mr. Malmsten, who had just
appeared around the corner, "you can endow
a dormitory!" Engstrom Asylum it was known
as.
Here's an ode I would like to dedicate to
Bill Lindroth:
In grade school he was Willie,
In high school he was Will,
But when he went to Bethel
To Dad 'twas Bill , Bill, Bill.
Democratic Dilemma
In the realm of, domestic politics we are wit-nessing
today a very important crisis within
the Democratic Party. From 1932 to 1945 it
was, in reality, the smoothly functioning
"Roosevelt Party." Of that once well-oiled
machine it now sometimes looks as if there
is left only "one nut and several bolts."
The "nut," of course, is Harry Truman.
(Purely a metaphor, no aspersions.) This in-nocent
victim of the idiosyncrasies of the
American political system rides on a donkey
that moves in at least three different directions
simultaneously. The three major "bolts" are:
First, the Wallace defection; Second, the
Southern desertion; and Third, the liberal
anti-communist offshoot as crystallized in the
Americans for Democratic Action. On the basis
of this intraparty dissension it is beginning
to appear as if Mr. Truman might not even
attempt to capture the presidential nomination
in June. Maybe a somewhat graceful retire-ment
would be preferable to the uncertainties
of the campaign and subsequent reputation.
The worth of Mr. Truman and his policies is a
complex and uncertain subject, but this much
is positive—his desire for another term meets
strong opposition from many factions. The
practical politics that sent him to Washing-ton
from Kansas City in 1934 may soon return
him to the haberdashery business.
If the Democratic Party maintains its organ-ization—
which is most probable—and does not
nominate Mr. Truman—which is possible—
what other presidential possibilities are there?
Obviously the international prestige of General
Marshall could be tremendously influential in
maintaining the party. His decidely unnatural
reluctance to become a permanent historical
figure might be overcome. And then we have
the Secretary's now-famous protege, General
Eisenhower. Maybe Ike would rather be on
his old chief's side, if success were conceivably
within grasp. A third prominent possibility is
popular, progressive Associate Justice William
0. Douglas of the Supreme Court. Also ment-ioned
are Jimmy Byrnes, Secretaries Harriman,
Forrestal, Krug, and have you noticed Jim
Farley climbing back onto the band wagon?
Who can predict? These are interesting days.
—C. A. Applequist
Yes, several girls are leaving this quarter,
getting ready for Big Days in June. We will
also miss Sally Tierney—from the chow line.
She's got a new job. Pretty soon she'll be
stamping "o. k." on checks instead of on the
butter pats.
Speaking of jobs, do you know how Carl
Applequist makes his living now—besides
selling old textbooks, that is? Hush Money—
to keep things out of the Clarion.
Some of those girls on second floor who de-light
in dropping perfume on the male heads
awaiting their dates are going to sell that
• stuff at half price. It's so old it smells, but
it's worth every scent.
Bill Wright (the married one) is quite con-cerned
about a certain girl (her initials begin
with Doris "Swisher" Richert) who went out
with one fellow and came home twenty minutes
later with another. All I can say is—Lucky gal!
Someone suggested that I write a column on
etiquette. But with a 79 grade on the Social
Usage Test we took in Freshman Conference,
I don't see how I can. (I think it was among
the lowest ten, but let's keep it quiet). Some
others must have gotten low marks, too,
because they made us take the test over again.
This time I put down answers just the op-posite
of my previous ones. Here's keeping
my fingers crossed.
Bye for now,
Butch
Question: What is your opinion re-garding
Visual Education at Bethel?
Marilyn Bergum:
It's a good way to absorb know-ledge
in a short time in an interest-ing
manner.
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Allen Peterson:
I think it is fine. it will provide
opportunities for students who
have little time for outside reading
to be informed of current events
in the shortest possible time so as
not to interfere with studies.
Miss Violet Bergquist:
It's a good idea from an educat-ional
point of view in addition to
the relaxation it can offer. Students
should be informed about world
activities and this can be done by
means of news reels, etc.
Ralph Larson:
I wouldn't want the young people
in my church to know that Bethel
is making concessions to the movie
industry. I would prefer that pic-tures
be shown of work which is
being carried on by missionaries
and Christian workers (for in-stance,
The Polermo Bros. in Italy,
etc.)
George Riser:
I believe it will serve a very
worthy purpose. T h e eye- gate
method can impress a thing better
on our minds than a lecture or
discussion. I, for one, am glad that
our school is awake to the newest
methods of education. We mu
not let a narrow spirit of intoler-ance
interfere with this great idea
with all its wonderful possibilities.
Beth Babcock:
I think showing educational mov-ies
at Bethel is a progressive step
because one remembers more easily
and clearly what is seen, but we
should be very careful in the choice
of films on religious subjects.
Walter Johnson:
My first reaction was good, but
on thinking it over I realized how
easily it could lead to a newsreel
theatre and then to a regular movie
theatre.
Prof. Edwin Omark:
I think visual education has great
possibilities at Bethel. I am not
acquainted with all the aspects of
the program, but I am in favor
of what has been planned so far.
Leona Larm:
Visual education at Bethel offers
us the opportunity of seeing how
the "other half" of the world lives.
Not having had the privilege to
travel, I consider this a treat. We
shouldn't consider moving pictures
as merely the instrument of Satan
and thus say "hands off". Although
our forefathers thought musical in-struments
were satanic, our Lord
has used them to His honor and
glory.
NAMES of the ALL-STAR TEAM
for the SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
J. C. BASKETBALL LEAGUE will
appear in THE CLARION NEXT
WEEK.
Last week the Sophmores proved
their superiority on the basketball
court by defeating the Freshmen
51 to 46 in the FROSHMORE game.
Cheered on by a small but en-thusiastic
crowd the two teams
battled furiously for the game de-spite
the generous amount of
"corn" introduced for the custo-mers'
benefit.
The Sophmore team, looking
much like the late edition of the
varsity, was sparked by Peterson
and Sandberg with 15 and 14 points
respectively. Ed Eklof was the big
gun for the "Freshies" and the
high scorer of the evening with 18
points on eight buckets and two
free tosses.
Atmosphere was lent to the gathe
by the "Freshie" band, consisting
of a bass drum and a lot of assort-ed
noises, and the appearance of
the Sophs in newly-tailored "Union-suits."
Bethel Squaws
Win Again 21-12
Tuesday night, March 9, the
Bethel Squaws defeated a much
smaller Neighborhood House team
with the final score 21-13. The
Squaws height gave them the ad-vantage
so that they held a ten
point lead throughout most of the
game.
Zella Mae McFarlin was the high
scorer for the Squaws with seven
points, and Gaston was high scorer
for the Neighborhood House with
twelve points.
Sports Sketch
Doris Richert is our sports per-sonality
for this week. She is a
freshman in the seminary this year
after having completed two years
in the college. In the future Doris
plans to enter some sort of full-time
Christian service. Doris' home
town now is Ortonville, Minnesota,
though she attended high school
in Whitetail, Montana.
Before coming to Bethel, Doris
had no experience playing basket-ball.
Her height and ability, how-ever,
have made her the captain
and outstanding forward and all-around
player on the Girls' team.
She has consistently been the high
scorer and one of tilt mail; y eas-ons
for the girls' record of three
wins.
Watch for Doris in the future
when the Squaws are p 1 a yin g.
She'll most likely be the one who
makes the most points.
Won .Lost
#6 Unknowns 5 0
#8 Undertakers 4 1
#3 Whiz-Kids 3 2
#2 Cold-shots 3 2
#4 Grubbers 2 3
#5 Angels 2 3
#7 Goldbricks 1 4
#1 Rebels 0 5
The fourth and fifth games of Oat
second round in the Intra-mural
League were played on March 8th
and 9th. The unbeatable Unknowns
made it four straight wins in this
round by trouncing the Angels 25-
to 24. Bob Hails led the victors
with 12 points. In the second game
Bud Eklof led the Whiz-Kids with
14 points as they topped the Grub-bers
27-23. In the third game the
Coldshots eked out a 25-24 win
over the Rebels in a close encoun-ter.
The last game of the day
provided the surprise upset with
the Goldbricks rising up from their
cellar depths to win vr the pre-viously
unbeaten Undertakers 34-
21.
In the fifth set of games the
Whiz-Kids and Rebels played a
fast and furious game with Howie
Peterson and Ev Johnson taking
scoring honors. Peterson, of the
Rebels poured in 18 points to out-point
Ev Johnson, who had 17
points, but the Whiz-Kids came
out the winner 32-30. In the second
their winning form in routing the
Angels 40 to 19, and thus retained
their hold on second place. In the
third game Nels Nelson and Bob
Sandin led the Unknowns to their
12th victory of the year as they
defeated the Goldbricks 37-23. Sam-my
Nelson scored 12 points for the
losers. The last game of the day
was won by the Coldshots from
the Grubbers on a forfeit.
T. C. Church League
Announces Standings
Final Standings
Won .Lost
Central 6 1
Bethany 5 2
Bethel 5 2
Bethlehem 4 2
Payne Avenue 3 4
Bethlehem Chapel 2 3
Elim 1 5
Minnehaha 0 7
The Twin City Baptist Church
League came to a close recently
with the Central Baptist of St.
Paul taking top honors with six
wins and one loss. The Bethany
Baptist of St. Paul and the Bethel
and Bethlehem Baptist Churches of
Minneapolis also won play-off
berths for the championship.
In the first round play-off Bethle-hem
defeated Bethany and Bethel
turned back Central. The champ-ionship
results were not available
for this issue, but the title will
be won this year by a Minneapolis
team.
Waldorf Becomes
11th Conf. Victim
The Bethel Indians closed a suc-cessful
basketball season on Fri-day
night, March 5th, by trounc-ing
Waldorf Junior College, 73 to
50. This was the Indians' 11th con-ference
victory in 15 games played,
and it assured them of a second
place berth if not a share in the
conference title.
It was Bethel all the way with
Greenman scoring 17 points, Sand-berg
15 points, and Porcella and
Eklof, 10 points each. Coach Ed-wards
shifted Kenny Greenman to
center position in the starting line-up,
and Kenny came through with
10 points before moved back to
guard.
Halvorsen, Waldorf's scoring ace
was really tied up throughout the
game as evidenced by his total of
five points in comparison with the
27 points he scored against Con-cordia
the following night. Bethel
led at the half 33 to 24.
"B" SQUAD WINS 52-49
The preliminary game was an-other
high-scoring affair with the
"B" team edging out the South
Town Crusaders 52 to 49.
BOX SCORE
BETHEL FG FT PF TP
Peterson f 3 2 1 8
Johnson f 0 0 3 0
Sandberg f 5 5 1 15
Nelson f 3 1 3 7
Porcella c 3 4 1 10
Eklof c 4 2 1 10
Greenman g 7 3 2 17
Rentz g 1 1 2 3
Dischinger g 0 0 1 0
Lindstrom g 1 0 0 2
Bergeson g 0 1 2 1
Totals 27 19 17 73
WALDORF FG FT PF TP
Halverson f 2 1 0 5
Florence f 1 1 2 3
Jensen, R. f 2 3 1 7
Graham f 3 0 4 6
Leonardi c 0 4 4 4
Trustem c 1 0 0 2
Narveson g 2 1 5 5
Gulbrandsen g 2 0 0 4
Jensen g 4 0 3 8
Helgeson g 2 0 3 4
Huso g 1 0 2 2
Totals 20 10 24 50
"B" Game
BETHEL "B" FG FT PF TP
Waage f 1 1 2 3
Peterson f 1 0 0 2
Johnson, R., f 9 1 2 19
Johnson, B., c 3 5 5 11
Olsen g 2 3 4 7
Dickenson g 1 1 3 3
Skoog g 1 1 1 3
Sims g 2 0 1 4
— — — —
Totals 20 12 18 52
SOUTH TOWN
CRUSADERS FG FT PF TP
Christenson f 4 5 3 13
Johnson f 1 0 5 2
Shaff c 8 4 4 20
Schaults g 6 0 4 20
Hansen g 0 2 3 2
Englund g 0 0 1 0
Dobbler g 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 11 20 49
Ping Pong Tourney
To Start March 22nd
The entry dates for Bethel's An-nual
Ping, Pong Tournament have
been announced as March 15-21.
The tournament play begins on
March 23rd, and it will include
men's singles and doubles, women's
singles and doubles, and mixed
doubles. Original pairings, semi-finals,
and finals will be posted
on the College and Seminary bul-letin
boards. The entry fee of 25c
is payable to either Bob Daley or
Louis Schultz.
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Page 4 THE CLARION
If this article sounds a little
extra green this week it's because
of St. Patricks day. Just co-operat-ing.
Green also represents Fresh-men,
which reminds me that the
Sophs won the Freshmore game.
Yipi! Guess the Freshmen thought
they had caught the Sophs un-awares,
but the Sophs came
through to win regardless of their
attire. It was a wild and woolly
game.
Chapel Quotes: Dr. Pearson was
telling us his interesting life story,
which included a little conversation
he had with his wife. He had been
apologizing for being so poor when
his wife enlightened him with these
words. "We're not poor, it's just
that we don't have much money."
We students feel much richer now.
Newsbits: Congratulations to
Chris and Evie on the candlelight
meal arrangement we had last
Wednesday evening. You have my
vote for a continuation of some
more on-the-ball affairs like that.
Mention should be made of the
new striking feature, 'Butch and
Buddy'. The Clarion is growing. It
certainly is a priviledge to read
the lively articles written by our
own 'Crazy Hazey' and 'Ex-Davey
Harps'.
Wanted: A good rowboat with
oars that would be able to make
the trip from the boys dorm to the
college to the seminary to the
girls dorm and back to the boys
dorm during the spring thaw.
Just happened to be in the lounge
of the girls dorm one evening when
two girls came out to meet a couple
of fellows. They almost fell over
when they saw the fellows in their
new look. Overalls.
Did you know we have royallty at
school since Bob Bronko is the
`Prince of Wales'.
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Morning, afternoon and evening
Otters Featured
At Convocation
The fifth convocation of the
year was held in the College
Chapel on Tuesday night. Emil E.
Liers, who has made many pets out
of otters, presented a motion pic-ture
about his hobby. The film
was entitled: "My Pals and Play-mates."
The program was one of
the series of similar sent over by
the Department of Concerts and
Lectures of the University of Minn-esota.
Miss'y Meet Sponsored
By Married Couples
At the Missionary Band meeting
of March 12, Vernon Anderson led
the married couples of Bethel in
reiterating again for students and
faculty alike the claim missions
have on the lives of Christians.
Music played its important part
in presenting the challenge in the
form of a ladies trio and duet, a
male quartette and solo, and an
instrumental trio.
Testimonies were given by Zack
Kleinsasser and Art Westerhoff.
Coach Paul Edwards, using John
4:24-32 as his text, emphasized the
"Urgency of Christian Missions."
BWA Thursday Night
The regular monthy meeting of
the B.W.A. is being held on Thurs-day
night at eight o'clock. The
program is in charge of the faculty
wives. Approaching spring and St.
Patrick's day provide the theme for
the gathering. Refreshments are to
be served afterwards.
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GI Pay Takes
Jump April 1st
Subsistence allowance increases
for veterans enrolled in full-time
courses in schools, colleges, and
universities in the Minnesota reg-ion
will be included in subsistence
checks to be mailed the early part
of May, Harry R. Pool, Regional
Manager of the Veterans Adminis-tration
at Minneapolis announced
last Wednesday.
He explained that although the
new law provides increases effec-tive
April 1st, checks are not due
until after the veteran has been
in school a month.
Increases from $65 to $75 for vet-erans
with no dependents, from $90
to $105 for veterans with one dep-endent,
and from $90 to $120 for
veterans with two or more depen-dents,
will apply only to full-time
school, college, or university stud-ents,
and not to part-time students,
nor on-the-job or on-the-farm train-ees.
VA will automatically increase
subsistence payments to single vet-erans
without dependents in full-time
training from $65 to $75.
Those veterans who are now on re-cord
at VA with one dependent and
who have been receiving $90 subsis-tence
will receive an automatic in-crease
to $105. No application is
required.
Full-time veteran students entitl-ed
to the new $120 rate for more
than one dependent will be requir-ed
to submit additional dependency
evidence before the higher pay-ments
can be made. If the proof of
dependency evidence is furnished
VA prior to July 1, 1948, the $120
rate for more than one dependent
Will be made retroactive to the
effective April 1st date.
"Timely" Advice Given
Seminarians 1st Day
Pointed advice on the good use
of time was passed on by Dean K.
J. Karlson to Seminary students
as they assembled in chapel last
week to begin a new term.
"I myself like to be social," he
told them, "but I notice that some of
you are peculiarly equipped in that
direction."
Warning that the call of the wild
would come .within a few weeks
and Como Park would beooLue pop
ular, the Dean advised against
postponing any thing that could be
done today. Serious thought should
be given to the best use of time.
War II Medical Records
Provide Research Data
Medical records of more than
100,000 ill and disabled World War
II veterans will be used to aid re-searchers
in their efforts to dis-cover
the causes and cures of little
know diseases and unusual injur-ies,
Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, chief
medical director of Veterans Ad-.
ministration said recently.
Object of the program is to
analyze the medical records of such
veterans, and through study of the
history of their ailments and of the
medical treatment given, thus at-tempt
to arrive at sound medical
conclusions and recommendations
for the care of others who might
incur these same disabilities.
The research extends beyond the
time veterans are in the hospitals
to determine cause of relapses and
other after-effects suffered in many
cases after medical treatment has
been given.
VA, individually, or in collaborat-ion
with the Research Council and
the Departments of the Arm y,
Navy, and Air Force, will deter-mine
the specific studies to be con-ducted.
Contents of all medical records
used will be carefully guarded. Be-fore
being designated to participate
in these clinical studies, physicians
and other VA employees will be
required to sign statements pledg-ing
they will safeguard the confi-dential
contents of the records re-viewed.
While advantages accruing to
science and practice will be shared
by the medical profession as a
whole, VA will be the primary be-neficiary
of the program.
VA has 35 general research lab-oratories
in operation in hospitals,
affiliated with Class "A" medica
schools. It is hoped ultimately to
have such laboratories in all 54 VA
hospitals which operate in con-junction
with medical schools and
in some of the other non-affiliated
VA hospitals.
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